Appeals Settlement Guideline for Qualified Research Expenses – Extraordinary Expenditures for Utilities

An Appeals Settlement Guideline for Qualified Research Expenses – Extraordinary a for Utilities, UIL 41.51-01 was released in late March that provides guidance on whether amounts incurred by a taxpayer for utilities expenses in buildings in which qualified research was conducted (“Research Buildings”) are qualified research expenses as defined in I.R.C. Sec. 41(b). Background: Taxpayers […]

Eye’s Forward

In the November 2008 BCP R&E Newsletter, we discussed a few areas of future growth and research & development in the energy industry – namely Distributed Energy and Carbon Management. With the current Obama-Biden Economic and Stimulus Plan likely to pass, there are several key components related to R&E that you should keep on your […]